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TIL: George Washington's statue in London sits on imported Virginia dirt because he vowed to never step foot on British soil again

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08l5 TIL There is a man in Georgia being sentenced to 10 years in prison and banishment from the state for defending himself from 5+ attackers in a hate crime.
Zpaxa TIL that Skinner, the psychologist responsible for operant conditioning (training animals using reward and punishment), also tried to help the WWII war effort by training pigeons to help guide missiles
aZNA TIL that Velociraptors were roughly the size of turkeys.
4klo TIL The US Military Owns and Operates A Resort at Walt Disney World
nWEkd TIL about Gilbert Motier, a French military officer who commanded Continental Army troops in the American Revolutionary War and later played a key role in the French Revolution. His ancestor, also named Gilbert Motier, also fought England alongside Joan of Arc in 1429.